Cards Garner 2-0 Victory Over Spartans

WASHINGTON - After a slow first half, the CUA Cardinal field
hockey squad (7-6, 3-1) showed why they are currently one of the
top teams to beat in the CAC with a 2-0 victory over the York
College Spartans (7-8, 2-4) Thursday afternoon at DuFour
Field. Senior Kirsten Dansbury (Glassboro, N.J./Paul XI)
scored her first collegiate goal after moving from defender this
season.

The first half was scoreless as neither team could get many
shots off. CUA controlled the ball for the first 35 and had
four shots, only one on goal. The Spartans had one shot for
the half.

In the second stanza, CUA jumped out to a quick lead after Jayme
Dinsmore (Dunkirk, Md./Northern) knocked in a goal on the left side
taking the helper from Megan Payne (Elkton, Md./Elkton) who crossed
it near the cage on the right. This gave the Cards a 1-0 lead
that looked to be not enough as York came back firing nine shots in
the second half. A series of three penalty corners and rapid
fire by the Spartans were continuously stopped by keeper Marian
Cassilly (Gambrills, Md./Archbishop Spalding) and her contingent of
defenders.

At 62:13 Dansbury hit her career milestone by moving to the
right place at the right time. As CUA crossed the ball,
Spartan keeper Claire Rekitzke attempted to clear it out. The
clear went straight to Dansbury who shot the ball right back at the
keeper to make it 2-0.

CUA outshot the Spartans 13-8 but York had 12 penalty corners to
the Cardinals' nine. Cassilly and Rekitzke both notched five
saves for the afternoon.

The Cardinals will play at Villa Julie this Saturday with the
game scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.